Ice-skate.



E. M. MIERS.

ICE SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED JuLY26.1917.

Patnted Apr.16,1918.

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ELIJAI-I MisENER MIERS, or WIARTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ICE-SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 16, 1918.

Application filed July 26, 1917. Serial No. 182,955.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH MIsENEn lVIIERs, of the town of Wiarton, in the county of Bruce and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice- Skates; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements 1n ice-skates, its main object being to embody in the structure of the skate, a resilient function, whereby the jarring efiect of the impact of the skate with the unyielding ice surface is practically nullified.

Such improved construction has the beneficial effect of a shock absorber, which results in a marked conservation of the strength of the skater, and is, therefore, productive of higher individual energy in maintaining speed and endurance, as the cushioning of the jarring impact largely tends to eliminate fatigue.

This beneficial effect is particularly advantageous in racing contests, where long or even short distances are to be covered, and the necessity of maintaining high speed is absolutely essential.

To these ends, my invention consists of a spring skate, comprising a runner-blade, a central vertical supporting member, a spring extending the length of the runnerblade secured at its center to the central supporting member and having its ends bent inwardly and over the main section of the spring, and sole and heel plates secured to the bent-over ends of the spring.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved skate;

Figs, 2 and 3, are sectional details illustrating the formation of the central supporting member;

Fig. 4, is an end elevation of the runnerblade; and,

Fig. 5, is an end elevation of the runnerblade in engagement with the bent end of the spring.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the runner-blade of the skate, having upwardlyextending end members 2, 2, carrying hinged arms 3, 3, each of which is provided with the end cross-pin l. The hinged arms 3, 3 are carried on the pins or pivots 3 The central vertical supporting member 5, rising from the runner-blade 1, and forming an integral part thereof, is provided with the right-angled side flanges 6, 6, which may preferably be formed (as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3) by splitting the central supporting member longitudinally and bending over the split sections at right angles to the central supporting member. In lieu of this particular construction, small angle-plates might be utilized.

7 is a fiat metal spring, the main portion of which extends the length of the runnerblade, its ends 8, 8 being bent inwardly and over the main section of the spring 7, which is riveted t0 the flanges 6, 6, of the central supporting member 5.

The bends 9, 9, of the spring 7 are semicircular in form, each bend 9 of the spring is formed -with a slot 10 (see Fig. 5), through which the hinged arms 3 project, to yieldingly maintain the fixed relation of the ends of the spring to the runner-blade, the cross-pins 4, at the ends of the hinged arms 3, lying across the slotted bends 9, and within the same, to prevent the inadvertent disengagement of the extensions and spring.-

11 is the sole plate and 12 the heel plate, both of which are riveted to the inwardlybent ends 8, 8 of the spring 7.

In action, the bearing springs are depressed vertically, under the weight of the skater and the force of the impact, the hinged arms 3, 3, during the fleXion of the springs, turning on their hinge pins or pivots 3, to guide the movement of the bent ends 9.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A spring skate comprising a runnerblade, a central vertical supporting member, a spring extending the length of the runner-blade, secured at its center to the central supporting member and having its ends bent inwardly and over the main section of the spring, and sole and heel plates secured to the bent-over ends of the spring.

2. A spring skate comprising a runnerblade, a central vertical supporting memher, and upwardly-extending hinged arms, hinged arms, and sole and heel plates sea spring extending the length of the runcured t0 the bent-over ends of the springs.

ner-blade, secured at its center to the cen- VViarton, July, 1917. v

tral supporting member and having its ends ELIJAH MISENER MIERS. 5 bent inwardly and over the main section of Signed in the presence of the spring and provided With slots in its 8.. B. CAMERON,

bent ends to permit of the play of the T. C. ALLAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

